About the Authors

Kenichi Yamahara

yamahara@ncvc.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Kazuhiko Harada

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Makiko Ohshima

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Shin Ishikane

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Shunsuke Ohnishi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Hidetoshi Tsuda

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Kentaro Otani

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Akihiko Taguchi

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Toshihiro Soma

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Medical College, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Hiroyasu Ogawa

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Medical College, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Shinji Katsuragi

Affiliation Department of Perinatology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Jun Yoshimatsu

Affiliation Department of Perinatology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Mariko Harada-Shiba

Affiliations Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Molecular Innovation in Lipidology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Kenji Kangawa

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Tomoaki Ikeda

Affiliations Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Perinatology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KY AT TS HO JY MHS KK TI. Performed the experiments: KY KH MO SI SO HT KO SK JY TI. Analyzed the data: KY KH MO TI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY KH MO TI. Wrote the paper: KY KH MO TI.